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Teresa Völker
@tevoelker.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Research Fellow @WZB Berlin Social Science Center | PhD @Freie Universität Berlin | Democracy, Far Right, Political Communication
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I'm very excited, extremely grateful and deeply honoured to receive the Best Dissertation Award from the German Political Science Association(DVPW)!
🏆 Der #DVPW #Dissertationspreis 2025 wird geteilt und geht an Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social und Julian Michel @julianpolsci.bsky.social!

Beide Arbeiten leisten einen herausragenden Beitrag zur Erforschung der #Stabilität von #Demokratie.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🥳
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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!

We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.

Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Morgen sind: Daniel Ziblatt, Thomas Weber, Daniel Siemens, Tamara Ehs, Heike Klüver u.v.a. im GORKI Theater in Berlin. Und im Livestream ab 19.30h – im Rat der Geschichte: Was hilft gegen die AfD?

www.gorki.de/de/der-rat-d...
November 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Reminder: next Wednesday we host @tevoelker.bsky.social at the AMCIS Seminar who will talk on the Far Right, with our colleagues Jaron Harambam and @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social as discussants.

⬇️ More info + registration below

@codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
@aissr.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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💡New publication with @tevoelker.bsky.social and @swenhutter.bsky.social:

"Civil Society and Democracy" In: List, R.A., Anheier, H.K., Toepler, S. (eds) International Encyclopedia of Civil Society

link.springer.com/rwe/10.1007/...
Civil Society and Democracy
link.springer.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Visualized here. Hot tip for journalists: the real question isn’t why Wilders lost, but why the far right has consolidated — despite Wilders's ineffectiveness in government.
October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Thank you Damla! Congratulations also to you for your defence!:)
October 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Dankeschön!:)
October 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thank you so much, Linda!
October 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Vielen lieben Dank, Katjana!
October 30, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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On November 12, AMCIS is hosting a talk by @tevoelker.bsky.social on how the far right shapes public debates. UvA colleagues Jaron Harambam (sociology) and @twanhuijsmans.bsky.social (political science) are discussants
@evazschirnt.bsky.social
Info + registration here:
amcis.uva.nl/content/even...
Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates - AMCIS
In this talk at the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, Dr. Teresa Völker will present findings from her research on the mainstreaming of the far right and how far-right actors and ideas shape pu...
amcis.uva.nl
October 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Thank you Sarah!
October 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Dankeschön, liebe Julia😊
October 29, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Danke Sarah!
October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Vielen Dank, Thomas!
October 29, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thank you!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Thank you so much Caterina!!
October 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Thank you Christina😊to you, too!
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Upcoming AMCIS Seminar: On 12 Nov. @tevoelker.bsky.social talks about "Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates" - just 2 weeks after the Dutch elections!
Info & Registration: amcis.uva.nl/content/even...

@aissr.bsky.social @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social
Mainstreaming the Far Right: How Far-Right Actors and Ideas Shape Public Debates - AMCIS
In this talk at the Amsterdam Centre for Inequality Studies, Dr. Teresa Völker will present findings from her research on the mainstreaming of the far right and how far-right actors and ideas shape pu...
amcis.uva.nl
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Many thanks Dominika!:)
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Thank you Giovanni!
October 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Thank you very much for all your support, Swen😊
October 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A big thank you to the committee, my amazing supervisors @swenhutter.bsky.social and @caterinafr.bsky.social and everyone who supported me along the way. This truly motivates to continue this line of research @wzb.bsky.social , @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
October 28, 2025 at 12:31 PM